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Katey is joined by Indiewire’s David Ehrlich to run down the highlights of the Telluride and Venice Film Festivals, which already have awards season running at full speed— and we haven’t even gotten to Toronto yet. The episode also includes a conversation with Willa Fitzgerald, the star of the summer’s breakout thriller Strange Darling. She gets into spoilers about this very twisty movie at the 52 minute mark, so be warned!Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

The prolific producer, whose new project Fight Night debuts on Peacock September 5, has built a career on entertaining audiences Hollywood often overlooks. He shares a few secrets of how he's done it, and how surviving the TikTok era and the post-strike industry requires some optimism — but also willingness to take risks. The episode also includes a look ahead to the Telluride Film Festival with guest co-host Sean Fennessey, and some speculation about how Challengers might make a slow awards-season comeback.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

The Emmy nominee and star of Fallout and the upcoming White Lotus season three looks back at what drove him to make a living in Hollywood, how he and Jonathan Nolan crossed paths at the Oscar nominee luncheon years before teaming up for Fallout, and what keeps him coming back to film and TV sets. The episode also includes a conversation between Katey and Gold Derby's Chris Rosen about the state of play in the Emmys race, the most competitive categories, and how the presence of Meryl Streep upends any awards season.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

The Emmy-nominated talent behind the fifth season of Fargo joined me live in Los Angeles to talk about the connections they built on set and the hit show's new nod to the original movie.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

The Slow Horses Emmy nominee describes the surprising joys of being part of a television show that's already filmed five seasons, with more on the way, and how it brings him back to his roots in the theater. But before that, guest co-host Tyler Coates joins Katey to dig into the true inner workings of awards season, which controversies might still be on the horizon, and why some things about the process may never change no matter what.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

David Canfield joins Katey Rich to look at the films that have already built a strong base of awards season support, from early year standouts like Sing Sing and Anora to upcoming hopefuls like Gladiator 2 and The Wild Robot. Then Katey talks to Nikki Glaser, who earned her first-ever Emmy nomination for her hit standup special Someday You'll Die, and is still trying to figure out what to do with her new level of fame following the Tom Brady roast.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Chris Feil joins Katey to break down all the premieres announced for festivals in Venice, Toronto and beyond, and go deep on William S. Burroughs's Queer, soon to be a film from Luca Guadagnino. Then, Katey talks to songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who are Emmy-nominated for their Only Murders in the Building original song "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It". They will be in the extremely rare class of EGOT winners if they take home the Emmy — but they have to get past their friend and collaborator Sara Bareilles first.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

Rob Long, the host of the Martini Shot podcast, joins Katey Rich to talk about what it's really like when you're nominated for an Emmy, and why in an era of endless uncertainty in Hollywood, awards might actually mean more than ever. Then Katey talks to Moses Ingram, the star of the new Apple TV+ series Lady in the Lake, about coming home to Baltimore to make the show, and how her co-star Natalie Portman has shown genuine allyship as they hit the promotional circuit together.

Jordan Hoffman joins Katey Rich to discuss the highlights of this year’s Emmy nominations, from FX getting even better news than expected to the shutout for a recent Oscar winner. Plus, Shogun creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks join Katey to reflect on the unlikely road to 25 nominations — and how they wish they were celebrating.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler. 

The star and executive producer of the new film Sing Sing talks about the fearless collaboration required to make the movie, both with the director Greg Kwedar and his co-stars, many of whom were formerly incarcerated members of the theater program at the heart of the film. The episode also includes a conversation between Katey Rich and Gold Derby’s Chris Rosen about their final Emmy nomination predictions, and which shows might surprise us when the nominations are announced next week.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.